American Sign Language (ASL) History Test (sample)

Sample American Sign Language History Test:

1. Who were the two men primarily responsible for the establishment of the first permanent school for the deaf in America?
Answer: Thomas H. Gallaudet & Laurent Clerc
2.Which of these two men was deaf?
Answer: Clerc
3. In what state was the first permanent school for the deaf in America established?
Answer: Connecticut
4. In what city was the first permanent school for the deaf in America established?
Answer: Hartford
5. Was Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet a religious person?
Answer: Very much so. Yes.
6. What year did Gallaudet travel to Europe?
Answer: 1815
7. What year did he return?
Answer: 1817
8. About what percent of ASL vocabulary can be traced to French Sign Language cognates (roots)?
Answer : 60 percent